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WIRE-FENCE MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 352,505, dated November 9, 1886. Application filed January 5, 1886. Serial No 187,725. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. HOMSHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dublin, in the county of Wayne and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in W'ireFence Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. My invention relates to that class of fencemachines shown and described in my former patent, No. 322,822, and has for its object the improvement of the details of said machine.

The invention, therefore, consists of constructions and combinations, all as will here'- inafter be described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective of the machine, excepting the step; Fig. l, a side elevation with the twisters removed; Fig. 2, an end elevation with rollers removed; Fig. 3, an elevation of the part A, which is broken away at the sides; Fig. 4, an elevation of the part A on the side opposite to that shown in Fig. 4, the part A being broken away at the sides; Fig. 5, a horizontal section of the twistingframe; Fig. 6, a detail showing the step; Fig. 7, a front elevation with parts removed, and

. showing the rollers in position; Figs. 8 and 9,

details showing, respectively, the upper and lower angular arms for holding the rollers 0 Fig. 10, a detail in perspective showing the standards for the wheels; Fig. 11, a sectional detail showing the manner of holding the follower in place; Fig. 12, a section of the arms G and step 0. i

The twister-frame A consists of the uprights A and A", the top A and base A, braced together by truss-rods A and A ,-which pass over the brace-blocks A The uprights A and A are provided with openings a, which serve as journals for the twisters, which may be the same as those shown in my patent. The upper parts of the uprights have longitudinal slots a, provided with removable and reversible following pieces or blocks a", which are secured to the frame by turn-buttons a placed on each side of the following pieces or blocks at. These buttons, when turned vertically,

permit of the parts a being removed and reversed, if desired. The object of the following-pieces a is to give two bearings for the upper twister, so that fences of different heights may be made.

It is obvious that the following-pieces may be used in connection with the several twisters, so that all can be adjusted, if desired. The manner of connecting the twisters is shown in Fig. 4., which shows the gear-wheels a, that carry the twister-heads a When the following-pieces a are used, an idler, a ,is attached to the uprights A by the journal-brace a", to connect the two upper gear-wheels, a". If the following-piece be removed and reversed, the idler a is also removed, so that the two upper gear-wheels, a*, mesh with each other. It is often desirable to havea greater space between the gear-wheels at The latter are then con nected together by idlers, such as a (shown in Fig. 4.)

The frame a of the twister is constructedin the same manner as those shown in the aforesaid patent. The reels a and a are however arranged differently, as may be seen in Fig. 5, one reel being placed in front of the other, instead of upon the same shaft. Roller a is also substituted for the frictional bars used in my former construction. Upon the face of the uprights A are the beaters B, which are provided with iorwardly-projecting arms I), each having a series of openings, b,.for the bar I)", which beats the pickets between the wires, and may be placed in any pair of the openings 1), to regulate the distance that the picket will be beaten or pushed. The beaters are arranged in pairs, connected together by their crankarms b, by means of links or bars b".

Between the pairs of beaters, and pivoted v as the upper bearings of the rollers lower pair to push upwardly. In other words, each pair of beaters equalize each other and hold the picket in the desired position.

Pivoted at c to the front part of the upper side of top piece, A are the angular pieces 0, which project; beyond the upright A and serve The rear ends are provided with eyes 0, which embrace the ends of the guide rods 0, having springs c interposed between the pieces 0 and the standard 0", attached to the top. These springs force the inner ends of pieces 0 away from each other, and thus bring the rollers C closer together. The lower ends of the rollers C are supported by the an gle-pieces, C, which may be arranged in substantially the same manner as the pieces 0, (see Fig. 1,) or they may be passed through openings 0 in the uprights. (See Fig. 7.) The pieces 0 are connected at theirinner ends outside the frame by a-rod, 0 attached to standard 0, and having the outwardly-pressing springs 0" between the standards 0 and the ends of pieces 0'. The rollers revolve as the picket passes betweeh them, and compress and flatten the twisted part of the wires between the two pickets.

0 represents a step having a depression, a", and flanges c and 0 The flange c is secured rigidly to one of the arms 0, and the other flange, 0 rests loosely upon the other arm. This flange 0 is of suflicient width to permit the arms 0 to move, when the rollers G are operated upon, without being entirely removed from contact with its arm 0.

The twisting-frame is supported by a carriage, D, which may be similar in construction to the carriage shown in my former patent. The one shown consists of legs D and D, joined together by bar D and strengthened by strips d. The legs D are connected with the twisting-frame by slotted bars d,similar to those shown in my former patent. Upon the lower ends of the legs are rollers D having standards (P, which embrace the lower ends of the legs and are pivoted thereto at d The upper ends of the standards are provided with slotted bars d, that are secured in place by hand-screw (P, so that the position of the wheels can be shifted to meet the variant wants of the machine and the condition ofthe ground, and thus keep, with the aid of the bars d, the twisting-frame in line with the fence.

What I claim as new is- 1. In a wire-fence machine, the combination of atwister-frame having slots for the'following-pieces, said following-pieces having devices for securing them in place, and the twisters mounted in said frame, substantially as described.

2. In a wire-fence machine, the combina and the idlers connecting said cog-wheels, sub- I stantially as described.

3. In a wire-fence machine, the combination of a twisting-frame, the twisters mounted therein, and the vertical rollers pivotally connected with said twisting-frame, substantially as described.

4. In awire-fence machine, the coinbination of a twister-frame, the twisters mounted therein, the vertical rollers, the levers pivoted on said frame and supporting the vertical rollers at one end, and means arranged at their other end for holding the rollers yieldingly together, substantially as described.

5. In a wire-fence machine, the heaters having the projecting arms and the adjustable bar, substantially as described.

6. In a wire-fence machine, the combination of two pairs of heaters, the heaters of each pair being connected by links, and the two pairs being arranged to move toward each other, and a lever connected by links to the links of each pair of heaters, substantially as described. A

7. In a'wire-fence machine, the combination of two sets of beater-s arranged to movein opposite directions, and means, substantially as described, for simultaneously operating the heaters, as set forth.

8. In a wire -fence machine, the combination of a twister-frame, a carriage having legs for supporting said twister-frame, rollers havingtheir standards pivoted to the legs of the carriage, and means for rigidly securing said standard to said legs, substantially as described.

9. In a wire-fence machine, the combination of a twister-frame, a carriage having legs for supporting, said frame, standards pivoted to the legs and having the slotted bars and rollers, and the clamping device for securing said standards to the legs, substantiallyas described.

10. In a wire-fence machine, the combination of the frame, the twisters, the rollers, the levers-C and 0, having devices for holding the rollers in yielding contact, and a grooved step secured to one lever, O, and having a flange resting upon the other lever, G, substantially as described. 7

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. HOMSHER. 

